Two well known Calgary politicians and avid twitter users have gotten into a public spat over what was taken as a sexist remark.

It all started on Sunday when Conservative MP Michelle Rempel (for the electoral riding of Calgary Nose Hill) and Mayor Naheed Nenshi tweeted back and forth over the impact of a property tax increase on suburban business owners.

I don’t understand why talking about tax rates, at any level of government, is an automatic pearl clutching taboo topic.

The duel continued into Tuesday and escalated when Nenshi told reporters that “she was trying to make hay out of something she doesn’t understand.” He went on to say “I’m happy for her to wade in, I’m happy to have her help – but it’s sort of helpful if she actually knows what she’s talking about.”

Then the reporter asked Nenshi what Rempel was confused about and he replied, “She just didn’t understand what was going on. Apparently math is challenging, but hopefully she’ll figure that out.”

For the record, here is the mayor’s response when asked yesterday about Rempel’s concern on prop tax issue. pic.twitter.com/ielCUkiaQT